Series hoping 'Turbo' generates fast numbers

6:36 PM,
Jul. 25, 2013

Written by

Rob McCurdy
CentralOhio.com

In 2001, a movie was supposed to do for CART what "Days of Thunder" did for NASCAR a decade earlier.

Instead of getting a mainstream jolt of publicity, CART got the wrong kind of attention when "Driven" premiered. The Sylvester Stallone vehicle about a wild season in the American open-wheel series went to levels of embarrassment.

The characters were thinly developed, the plot convoluted, the action sequences ridiculous, the dialogue cheesy and the acting stilted and wooden. ...